Philosophers and Famous Advertising Taglines

These are clever:

Zeno and BETCHA CAN’T EAT JUST ONE – Lays, 1981

Existentialism and IT IS. ARE YOU? – The Independent, 1987

Ayn Rand and HAVE IT YOUR WAY – Burger King, 1973

Rene Descartes and I THINK, THEREFORE IBM – IBM, 1988

Tertullian and IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING – Adidas, 2004

Plato and IT’S THE REAL THING – Coca Cola, 1970

William James and JUST DO IT – Nike, 1988

Simone de Beauvoir and DOES SHE … OR DOESN’T SHE? – Clairol, 1964

Hedonism and MMM MMM GOOD – Campbell’s Soup, 1930s

Aristotle and THE BEST A MAN CAN GET – Gillette Razors, 1989

Protestant Work Ethic and WE TRY HARDER – Avis, 1962

Nietzsche and BE ALL YOU CAN BE – The US Army, 1981

G.E. Moore and DOES EXACTLY WHAT IT SAYS ON THE TIN – Ronseal, 1994

Peter Singer and NO CHILD BORN TO DIE – Save The Children, 2011 [Sarcasm alert]

Capitalism and GET MORE – T-Mobile, 2005

Monasticism and HELLO BOYS – Wonderbra, 1995

Carol Gilligan and REACH OUT AND TOUCH SOMEONE – AT&T, 1979

Revolutionary Marxism and SNAP! CRACKLE! POP! – Kellogg’s Rice Krispies, 1932

Francis Bacon and THE APPLIANCE OF SCIENCE – Zanussi, 1981

Idealism and “It’s everywhere you want to be” — Visa

The Renaissance Man and THE BEST A MAN CAN GET – Gillette Razors, 1989

Kantian ethics and “We want to help you do things right!” — Stanley

Schopenhauer and THE LAST PLACE YOU WANT TO GO – Dixons, 2009

Heraclitus and YOUR FLEXIBLE FRIEND – Access Credit Card, 1978​

(Source: The 100 Best Advertising Taglines Ever.)

Also: 

Atomism and “Think small” – Volkswagen

Objectivism and “Because You’re Worth It” — L’Oréal 

Dogmatism and “Raise your hand if you’re Sure” — Sure (Wells, Rich, Greene)

Kierkegaard and the tagline for the movie The Fly (1986): “Be afraid. Be very afraid.” Kierkegaard: “The whole of existence frightens me; from the smallest fly to the mystery of the incarnation everything is unintelligible to me, most of all myself; the whole of existence is poisoned in my sight, particularly myself.” Journal entry)

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